Dems: Clinton never personally denied Benghazi security

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2012 file photo, glass, debris and overturned furniture are strewn inside a room in the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Democrats on the House Benghazi panel said in a report Monday, June 27, 2016, that security at the Libya facility the night of Sept. 11, 2012 was “woefully inadequate,” but former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton never personally denied any requests from diplomats for additional protection. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Alaguri, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2015 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Clinton never personally denied any requests from diplomats for additional security at the U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, according to Democrats on a select House panel who absolved the former secretary of state and the U.S. military of wrongdoing in the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 attacks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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In this photo taken Oct. 22, 2015, House Benghazi Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., left, watches as the committee's ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., questions Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Clinton never personally denied any requests from diplomats for additional security at the U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, according to Democrats on a select House panel who absolved the former secretary of state and the U.S. military of wrongdoing in the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 attacks. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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WASHINGTON – Democrats on the House Benghazi panel are issuing their own report that says Hillary Clinton never personally denied any requests from diplomats for additional security.

The panel's five Democrats said Monday that after a two-year investigation the military could not have done anything differently on the night of the attacks to save the lives of four Americans killed in Libya. The Democrats say State Department's security measures in Benghazi the night of Sept. 11, 2012 were "woefully inadequate," but Clinton — then secretary of state, now White House candidate — never personally turned down a request.

The Democrats issued their own 344-page report. They said they regretted that it wasn't bipartisan, but Republicans left them little choice after conducting "one of the most partisan congressional investigations in history."